The Great Piano Works Of Sergei Rachmaninoff

Titles include the famous '18th Variation on a Theme of Paganini,' along with selected transcriptions ('The Bumble-Bee,' 'Minuet' from L'Arlesienne Suite, and 'Liebeslied'). Etude-Tableau, Moment Musicals, Preludes, other individual pieces, and the complete 'Variations on a Theme of Chopin' round out this unique collection that is not available from any other publisher. This publication contains 29 pieces.

Internationally renowned concert pianist Joseph Banowetz presents this inspired collection of Sergei Rachmaninoff's most cherished original masterworks. This volume includes a comprehensive preface with detailed performance notes on the music, vintage photographs, and the composer's biography. The companion CD features a brilliant performance by Joseph Banowetz. Titles: Untitled Composition, Op. posth. * Flight of the Bumble Bee * Humoresque, Op. 10, No. 5 (second version) * Nocturne, Op. 10, No. 1 * Morceau de fantaisie (Fantasy Piece) * Elégie, Op. 3, No. 1 * Romance, Op. 10, No. 6 * Polichinelle, Op. 3, No. 4 * Prélude, Op. 3, No. 2 * Moment musical, Op. 16, No. 5 Joseph Banowetz graduated with a First Prize from the Vienna Akademie für Musik und darstellende Kunst. Banowetz has been a piano recitalist and orchestral soloist on five continents. He was awarded the Liszt Medal by the Hungarian Liszt Society in recognition of his outstanding performances of Liszt and the Romantic literature.

This historic reference edition of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 1, in F-sharp minor, Op. 1 is composed of three movements: Vivace, Andante cantabile and Allegro scherzando. This concerto, written in 1891 when Rachmaninoff was only 18, is the original version that was later reworked by the composer into a more virtuosic version in 1917. This original version, while less difficult than the revised version, remains an important pedagogical work.

Together for the first time in a single collection are the Prelude in C-sharp Minor; 3 Etudes-Tableaux from Op. 33 and 39; 7 Preludes from Opp. 23 and 32; 3 Moments Musicaux from Op. 16; more.

From an earlier Belwin Mills edition, this is Volume 2 of a series of the piano works of the great Russian-American composer. These compositions were written as "picture pieces", though Rachmaninoff did not reveal what each piece was to suggest, preferring to leave that discovery to the pianist. This book contains the complete Opus 33 and Opus 39 works. Federation Festivals 2011-2013 selection.

From an earlier Belwin Mills edition, this is Volume 4 of a series of the piano works of the great Russian-American composer. Titles: * Piece in D Minor * Nocturne No. 1 * Nocturne No. 2 * Nocturne No. 3 * Elegie, Opus 3, No. 1 * Prelude in C# Minor, Opus 3, No. 2 * Melodie, Opus 3, No. 3 (Revised) * Polichinelle, Opus 3, No. 4 * Serenade, Opus 3, No. 5 * Prelude (Posthumous) * Oriental Sketch * Fragments * Melodie, Opus 3, No. 3 (Original) * 18th Variation on a Theme of Paganini.

From an earlier Belwin Mills edition, this is Volume 5 of a series of the piano works of the great Russian-American composer. Included are Rachmaninoff's Opus 28 and Opus 36 Sonatas. The Opus 28, in D-minor, in three movements, was completed in 1907 and was introduced in Dresden, Germany. The Opus 36, in B-flat minor, also in three movements, was written and 1913 but was later revised by the composer.

The Complete Piano Player: Rachmaninoff contains 17 pieces by the renowned composer, newly arranged for easy Piano. Many of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s compositions prominently featured the Piano, the instrument upon which he excelled as a performer both in his native Russia and later as an émigré in Europe and the US. The seventeen pieces collected here reflect his fondness for song-like melodies and sumptuous harmonic colouration as well as evoking an exile’s memories of Russian church bells and Orthodox chants. This collection uses fingering and chords familiar from the renowned The Complete Piano Player teaching books. In doing so it puts the music of one of Russia’s finest composers and pianists at your fingertips. List of Works: Aleko (XI. Intermezzo) Élégie( No.1 from ‘Morceaux de Fantasie’, Op.3) Fragments (II-19-3) Piano Concerto No.2 (2nd Movement) Piano Sonata No.2, Op.36 (2nd Movement) 7 Morceaux de salon, Op.10 - VI. Romance Piano Concerto No.2 (1st Movement) Piano Concerto No.3 (1st Movement) Piano Sonata No.1 (1st Movement)